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= KASHMIR: A PARADISE TURNED INTO A LIVING HELL = Kashmir, is the world's largest militarised zone, a paradise turned into a living hell. A place, where the victims are yet to receive a glimpse of justice, where justice is only a mythical, unattainable and a forgotten idea for the victims. More than 12 million people in Kashmir are living in the midst of violent and forceful subjugation, with their leaders completely turning a blind eye to the unimaginable suffering and tragedies that unfold each day in their lives. But Human Rights Activists in Kashmir are committed and driven in their endeavours to speak the truth and to let the world know that the Kashmiris will not put up with the excessive violence, blood and gore. Kashmiris have resisted the rapes, extra-judicial killings, the disappearances, the tortures, although justice has always remained elusive for them. Kashmiris are living under constant monitoring, their voices silenced every now and then, mercilessly without any empathy. This lack of empathy for the Kashmiris has proved disastrous for they have lost more than 100,000 civilians since 1989. It is imperative that their struggle is recognized by everyone in the world. Encounter - Curfew - Protests - Civilian Deaths - Protests. This is a pattern of violence to which all the Kashmiris have become used to, the brutal realities that have paralyzed their daily lives since 1989. Mistaken identities or Fake Encounters; this is usually how an ordinary Kashmiri civilian meets his death. Anyone can be arrested without a warrant. Anyone can barge into the houses of the Kashmiris in violent night raids, beat up the men, women and children inside with gun butts and iron rods, ransack their houses and properties, vandalise their vehicles, loot their shops, thrash Kashmiri boys and men on the streets, and use them as a human shield by tying them up to the front of a jeep and parading them through dozens of villages. Anyone can rape their mothers, sisters, wives and daughters with full impunity. Apart from losing more than a lakh civilians, 23000 women were widowed, more than a lakh children were orphaned, 2 lakh structures were destroyed, and more than 10,000 Kashmiri women were raped/gang-raped/molested since 1989. The draconian Public Safety Act (PSA) are slapped on the Kashmiris when they raise their voices against these brutalities and atrocities. The United Nations has for long ignored the sheer scale of rape, abuse, murder and human rights violations in Kashmir. A Kashmiri leaves his home in the morning, but fate has something else in store for him. He returns home, his bullet-ridden lifeless body carried by four men on their shoulders. His father carries him on his shoulder, his mother wails loudly and beats her chest, his children cries inconsolably upon his chest, his wife waits in stupefied silence, while his brothers and sisters are completely shell-shocked. This scenario has become a mere routine for the Kashmiris, but undoubtedly a poignant portrayal of the effects of a brutal 70 year old occupation that has deeply touched every aspect of the Kashmiri society. The infamous Kunan-Poshpora mass gang-rape case which is still pending at the Supreme Court for the last 26 years, gives a pretty clear idea of how justice has been denied to each and every victim in Kashmir, and of the full impunity enjoyed by the perpetrators of each rape, disappearance and extra-judicial killing committed in Kashmir. The Kashmiris rue the fact that the perpetrators of these horrific crimes are never brought to justice. Kashmir, one of the most beautiful places in the world is struggling with the ongoing violence and is in the midst of a catastrophe and destruction, but unfortunately, all calls for help have fallen on deaf ears. But although the Kashmiris live in an atmosphere of constant fear and insecurity, they yearn for peace to return to the Valley, and they continue to fight back against the violence, oppression and subjugation, with courage in their hearts and hope in their eyes.

Peer Suhail from Pampore (Jammu & Kashmir)